I recently left my job so I could contract to pay the rent and work on my own ideas. I've had a number of connections who have done this and of course there ar

I recently left my job so I could contract to pay the rent and work on my own ideas. I've had a number of connections who have done this and of course there are more famous cases like Basecamp. There's not as much risk and there's no fear about IP. You also don't need to do all the extracurricular worrying about employer product, org direction and dealing with on call. The hardest part I anticipate is just getting depressed from not being able to make progress fast enough. That or not having enough human/coworker interaction, which is a big deal for me.